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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
650 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2026
WVZ015-026-052315-
BOONE WV-KANAWHA WV-
650 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL KANAWHA AND NORTH
CENTRAL BOONE COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 650 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARMET, OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON, MOVING
NORTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CHARLESTON, CHESAPEAKE, MARMET, BELLE, COAL FORK,
TORNADO, ALUM CREEK, AND ASHFORD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 101.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA NEAR MILE MARKER 57.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 95.
ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 80.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3833 8186 3838 8151 3817 8150 3813 8174
3824 8181 3826 8181 3826 8180 3827 8181
3831 8181 3832 8182 3831 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 175DEG 7KT 3817 8166
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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